The Destabilization of Pakistan

Various American destabilization plans, known for months by officials and
analysts, proposed the toppling of Pakistan's military.

. . . US agenda for Pakistan is similar to that applied throughout the broader
Middle East Central Asian region. US strategy, supported by covert
intelligence operations, consists in triggering ethnic and religious strife,
abetting and financing secessionist movements while also weakening the
institutions of the central government.

The broader objective is to fracture the Nation State and redraw the borders
of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistan's extensive oil and gas reserves, largely located in Balochistan
province, as well as its pipeline corridors are considered strategic by the
Anglo-American alliance, requiring the concurrent militarization of
Pakistani territory.

Balochistan comprises more than 40 percent of Pakistan's land mass,
possesses important reserves of oil and natural gas as well as extensive
mineral resources.

The Iran-India pipeline corridor is slated to transit through Balochistan.
Balochistan also possesses a deap sea port largely financed by China located
at Gwadar, on the Arabian Sea, not far from the Straits of Hormuz where 30 %
of the world's daily oil supply moves by ship or pipeline. (Asia News.it, 29
December 2007)

Pakistan has an estimated 25.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas
reserves of which 19 trillion are located in Balochistan. Among foreign oil
and gas contractors in Balochistan are BP, Italy's ENI, Austria's OMV, and
Australia's BHP. It is worth noting that Pakistan's State oil and gas
companies, including PPL which has the largest stake in the Sui oil fields
of Balochistan are up for privatization under IMF-World Bank supervision.

According to the Oil and Gas Journal (OGJ), Pakistan had proven oil reserves
of 300 million barrels, most of which are located in Balochistan. Other
estimates place Balochistan oil reserves at an estimated six trillion
barrels of oil reserves both on-shore and off-shore (Environment News
Service, 27 October 2006).

Balochistan's strategic energy reserves have a bearing on the separatist
agenda. Following a familiar pattern, there are indications that the
Baloch insurgency is being supported and abetted by Britain and the US.

The Baloch national resistance movement dates back to the late 1940s, when
Balochistan was invaded by Pakistan. In the current geopolitical context,
the separatist movement is in the process of being hijacked by foreign
powers. . . .